Southern Railway to run premium weekly specials
Posted on: 11/Apr/2014 9:46:21 AM
Southern Railway will run the following PREMIUM weekly special trains in Chennai Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai Tirunelveli & Chennai - Howrah sectors to clear the extra rush of traffic.
I.Train No.06312/06311 Thiruvananthapuram - Chennai Central -
Thiruvananthapuram PREMIUM weekly specials:Stoppages:Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Palakkad & Coimbatore.
II.Train No.06746/06745 Tirunelveli - Chennai Central - Tirunelveli PREMIUM weekly specials:
Stoppages:Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudhunagar, Madurai & Salem.
III.Train No.02841/02842 Howrah Chennai Central Howrah PREMIUM weekly specials.
Train No.02841 Howrah Chennai Central PREMIUM weekly special will leave Howrah at 13.15 hrs. on Fridays from 25.4.2014 to 27.6.2014 and reach Chennai Central at 14.25 hrs. on Saturdays.
Train No.02842 Chennai Central Howrah PREMIUM weekly special will leave Chennai Central at 17.20 hrs. on Saturdays from 26.4.2014 to 28.6.2014 and reach Howrah at 18.10 hrs. on Sundays.
The composition of the trains will be 3 AC 2-tier and 8 AC 3-tier coaches.
The trains will stop at Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Duvvada and Vijayawada.
The advance reservation period for each service will be 10 days. For example, the first service on 26.4.2014 from Chennai Central will be available for booking in the internet from 16.4.2014.
Essential features of tickets for travel by PREMIUM express trains:
- Booking for these trains will be available on the internet only (e-tickets) upto 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the trains.
- i-tickets as well as regular paper tickets cannot be booked.
- Original of the proof of Identity used while booking the ticket must be carried by the passenger during the journey.
- No concession shall be applicable on these trains.Adult fare shall be charged for all passengers irrespective of their age.
- No refunds will be given unless the train is cancelled.
- Upgradation option is not applicable in these trains.
- After preparation of chart, subject to availability of berths, current reservation can be availed at all stations where stoppages are provided.
- These trains are PREMIUM trains and the fares are dynamic.As the demand for the train increases, the fare too will increase up to 150% in Sleeper and 200% in AC classes.
- Tatkal fare amount will be the starting fare.
